Dress, coat, and suit box, and hanger



July '23, 1929.-

S. P. RAFFEL DRESS, COAT, AND SUIT BOX, AND HANGER Filed Feb. '3. 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet July 23, 1929. RAFFEL I I,722,111

DRESS, COAT, AND SUIT BOX, AND HANGER Filed Feb. 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented July 23, 1929.

- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

s'Am'oEL P. RAFFEL, of NEW YORK, N. i"

DRESS, COAT, AND SUIT- BOX, AND HANGER.

Application filed February 3, 1928. ScriaI No. 251,645.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in a convertible dress, coat and suit box and hanger of that general character in which a box is so constructed that while it serves as a means for storing or transportation of a dress or suit, or other article of wearing apparel, it may also serve damaged. The structure is such that the dress may be supported on the hanger whether the latter be disposed within the confines of. the box, or turned so that it may be.

entirely without the confines of the box.

The present invention has for its object, among others, to provide an improved box of this general character which will be capable of manufacture at small cost, quickly foldable with the garment therein, and having novel closure means at the juncture of the fold line of the box, as well as for the line of juncture of the wall flap at the end of the box and the end flap, which secures the said end flap tightly in position after the garment has been placed within the box. I

Other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter appear, and the novel features thereof will be particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

The invention, in its preferred form, is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which, with the numerals of reference marked thereon form a part of this ap lication, and in which igure 1 is a top plan view of the blank from which my improved box is formed.

Figure 2 is a view looking at the interior of the box with the side flaps folded.

Figure 3 is a plan view of the box showing a dress therein, with two side flaps folded down upon the dress and the side flaps of the other section or half of the box turned inward and the box ready to be folded and the locking of the same.

Figure 4 is a perspective view of the box in its closed and locked condition.

Figure 5 is a cross section on the line 5-5 of Figure 4, looking in the direction of the arrows.

Figure 6 is a cross section on the line 66 of Figure 4, looking in the direction of the arrows, the section being taken on a line at right angles to the section line of Figure 5.

Figure 7 is a perspective detail of a fold able closure fold.

larlged scale, a modified form of such closure f0 (1.

Like numerals of reference indicate like parts throughout the several views.

The material employed in the construction of the box may be of the well-known materials usable for such purposes; card-board, of suitable character, that can be bent without breaking and easily foldable torp-rodu'ce the desired flaps, etc., may be employed.

My improved box .is what might be termed a loop-hole dress box.

Tn carrying out my invention, ll employ a single blank 1 ofsheet material, such as cardboard, paste-board, straw-board, or any equivalent thereofland this is bent or folded, or creased, to enable ready folding so that the Figure 8 is a plan view showing, on an enparts thereof may be easily and quickly arranged in their proper positions relatively to each other and then to beextended and subsequently, if desired, folded with the minimum tendency to be broken in handling, so that the box is designed for repeated use for any of the purposes to which it may be put. a

The portions 2 and 3 are the receptacle members, between which are. the transverse crease lines 4 and 5 upon which the top and bottom portions are designed to be bent as the box is set up for use, the portions between these crease lines forming the wall member Gas seen in Figure 4, where the box is shown as in its closed condition and locked at the opposite ehd.

The member 3 is creased at 'its opposite edges as at 7 to provide for ready foldingof the, side flaps or wa1ls'8, 8. The member, 2 is creased upon opposite sides as seen at 9, 9, leaving the flaps 10, 10, as clearly seen in Fig. 1. v I

At its outer end the member 3 is creased at '11 to permit easy folding of the hanger memedge of this member 12, and the adjacent wallof the member 2, portions 15 may be removed to facilitate bending of the member 12 without danger of breaking at the crease.

' The opposite end of the blank, that is at the outer end of the member 2, is creased as at 16 and 17, see Fig. 1, while the foldable wall 18 which extends outwardly beyond said creases, is formed at its ends with terminal locking-tongues 19, 20. The member 18 at each end is creased as at 21, see Fig. 1, upon which creased lines the member 18 is bent when the box is closed and in position to be locked.

The adjacent ends of the members 2 and 3, between the portions 8 and 10, are creased at 22 and 23 and the rectangular portion 24 thus formed is provided with the diagonal crease 25, as shown clearly in Fig. 1, for a purpose soon to be described.

Likewise opposite ends of the portion 26 between the creases 16 and 17 at the lockin tongue end of the blank, are creased as at 27 and 28 and also provided at this point with the diagonal crease 29, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 1. I

The member 2, near its opposite edges and adjacent its outer end is provided with slits 30, as shown in Fig. 1, for the reception of the terminal locking tongues 19 and 20 when the box is closed and it is desired to lock the same.

In order to facilitate folding of the portions 23 and 24 between the members 2 and 3, I may sometimes slit one of the side walls of either portion 23 or 24, as shown at 27 in Fig. 8. The function and operation are the same as though the slit 27 was not presentbut in using heavier material it is found to be advantageous.

In use, the dress or other garment is hung upon the hanger member 12, being passed through the slot 13 and then laid flat in the box as indicated in Fig. 3. The side 'members 8 are then folded downwardlyflat upon the adjacent portions of the garment or toward each other, as seen in Fig. 3, and then the foldable members 10 are'turned inwardly .upon the outer crease line 9 and theportion between the crease lines being bent at right angles to the adjacent edges of the blank as seen in Figs. 2 and 3.

The portions between the creases 9 con-.

I stitute the side walls 31 of the box as seen in Fig. 3. The member 3 of the boxfi's then turned upon the creaseline 4, the port1on6 between these crease lines serving to form the side wall of the box as shown in Fig. 4,

in which view the box is shown in its closed position and locked by the terminal locking tongues 19 and 20. I As the member 2 is foldedfdownwardly toward the .member 3,

the closure portions 24 are? automatically bent inwardly along the creases 22, 23 and readily understood upon reference to Fig. 5.

The member 18 is then folded upon the crease line 16, and again upon the crease line 17, so that the portion 18 extends over the adjacent portion 2 of the box and then the I locking tongues 19 and 20 engage over the edge of the box and the terminal portion of these tongues will engage upon the outer portion 2 and then be forced into the slits 30 upon the opposite face of the box, the creased members between the two creases 16 and 17 automatically folding inwardl to close the joint between the adjacent s ots and thus serve to exclude the dirt or dust from the interior of the box.

Modifications in detail may be resortedto without departing from the spirit of the 1nvention or sacrificing any of its advantages.

What I claim is 1. In a convertible suit box and hanger comprising portions foldable toward each other with a hanger member at one end of one of said portions, and side portions foldable toward each other to prevent creasing of a garment contained within the box,the other port-ion having flaps for cooperation with those of the first-named portion, there being on the opposite end ofthe box an extension member extended over the one portion and embracing the side portion and having terminal locking tongues cooperable with the other portion.

2. In a combined suit box and hanger comprising opposed portions foldable toward each other, and side flaps foldable inwardly toward each other and one of said portions having creased portions at an end thereof adapted to fold inwardly as the box is closed, and serving to form dust-excluders, one of said portions having locking elements embracing the edge and face of the other portion and cooperating with the latter.

3. In a convertible suit box and hanger SAMUEL P. RAFFEL. 

